err
English
Etymology
From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ares- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”)
Pronunciation
Verb
err (third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)
- (intransitive) To make a mistake.
- 1910, James P. Porter, chapter 2, in Intelligence and Imitation in Birds; A Criterion of Imitation, page 7:
- Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
- He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
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- (intransitive) To sin.
- (archaic) to stray.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:make a mistake
Derived terms
Translations
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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ausra (“twilight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- irë
Estonian
Noun
err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Faroese
Declension
n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | err | errið | err | errini |
Accusative | err | errið | err | errini |
Dative | erri | errinum | errum | errunum |
Genitive | ers | ersins | erra | erranna |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛrː/
- Rhymes: -ɛrː
Võro
Noun
err (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter R.
Inflection
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